Board of Directors

President - Van R. Mayhall, Jr (2018 - 2020)
I was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and I am a graduate of Catholic High School. I am a business and corporate attorney with Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., have served as Chairman of the firm’s Executive Committee (employing about 200 people), and I have been involved with legal advice to Boards of Directors and Senior Management for many years. I have served on numerous Boards and Chaired many of them over the last few years, including Baton Rouge Area Chamber, the Downtown Development District, American Red Cross, Capital Area United Way and others. I am interested in becoming a member of the Board because of my experience as a Director, for several years, and then as Board President of the City Club of Baton Rouge. During my tenure, we raised substantial funds, commissioned and subsequently completed very substantial renovations to the physical facility. Membership rose to at or near the maximum. I am married to Lorri Parks Mayhall who is an avid tennis player. I am your basic beer league player, but I do enjoy it. We have three children and two grandchildren. The grandchildren are at great ages for the tennis program, swimming and fun around the Club. We attend St. Aloysius Catholic Church, and I am currently serving on the Board of our subdivision, Walden, and as a member of the Board of the Audubon Society.

Vice President - Shannon Hattier (2017 - 2019)
I was born in New Orleans, LA, and graduated from LSU in 1994. I have been married to Moe for almost 18 years, and we have two sons, ages 12 and 14. I worked as a research scientist and genomics lab manager in Southern California, where we lived for 12 years. I was President of the Parent/Teacher Assoc. for my sons’ school and very active in all of their sports endeavors, including serving as Team Manager. Currently, I am a career coach at East Ascension High School and a fitness instructor for a local gym. Our whole family plays tennis and our boys stay very busy between school and playing multiple sports. We love the active and social environment of Bocage. I have served as Team Captain for league teams, and play tennis on day and night teams. Moe plays on league teams and Beer League. During our time at Bocage, we’ve played in many of the mixers and have also enjoyed the family dinners and swimming.

Secretary - Amy McGimsey (2018 - 2019)Amy McGimsey serves as Postlethwaite & Netterville's Chief Operating Officer (COO). Prior to joining the firm, Amy had extensive operational and administrative management experience in the financial services industry as well as with a consulting firm related to a large government contract. Amy is a key member of Postlethwaite & Netterville's leadership team. She oversees the operational responsibilities of the firm across all offices, including marketing, human resources, information technology, firm accounting and administration. She is also actively involved in strategic planning efforts and oversees the development and execution of strategic goals in an effort to drive results related to firm initiatives and operations. Amy works closely with the CEO to monitor progress towards goal achievement and provides periodic updates to firm leaders on firm operations. She also collaborates with our firm leaders frequently to support our practice area needs, identify process improvements, and ensure that we are appropriately managing and addressing the firm’s risk areas.

Treasurer - Bradley Lowe (2018 - 2020)Bradley Lowe and his wife, Peggy, have three children – Thomas, Tate and Collier. They are members of St. Aloysius Church where their children also attend school. Bradley is a Baton Rouge native and is a graduate of Catholic High School. He also graduated from LSU with a degree in Accounting as well as a MBA from Tulane University with a concentration in Finance. Bradley is a CPA and is employed as the Vice President – Finance for APTIM Corp.
During their time as members of Bocage, the Lowe family has enjoyed the many offerings of the club. Thomas and Tate have been on the swim team for the last three years and have started to play tennis. Peggy has also picked up tennis and enjoyed her first league experience this year. Bradley is a regular participant in the Men’s Beer League on Thursday nights. Bradley also serves as the Secretary on the Board of Directors for the McMains Children’s Development Center.

Cindy Berggreen (2019 - 2021)
Cindy has been a resident of Louisiana since 1978 when she moved to Baton Rouge to attend LSU and obtain a Bachelor of Science degree. She was employed as an educator in Baton Rouge LA, Atlanta GA, and Houston TX until she started a family in 1994. Cindy has been a member of Bocage Racquet Club for 24 years. She and her husband, Dr. Charles Berggreen, began bringing their children, Carly and Cole, to the pool to enjoy time with friends in the mid 1990’s. Although their children are now grown, the whole family still spends time together working out at the gym and enjoying meals in the dining room. Cindy has played Day League women’s tennis at Bocage for about 20 years, and she cherishes the many friendships she has made with women on her various teams. A couple of years ago, she began hosting an annual tennis tournament at Bocage benefiting Friends of the Animals of Baton Rouge. Cindy devotes much of her time to working with this organization and currently serves her third year as the president of its 20-member board. She has also served as president of WOW Investment Club and Episcopal’s High School Parents’ Guild in past years.

Bobby Boudreaux (2017 - 2019)Bobby and his family have been members of Bocage Racquet Club for the past 16 years. Both he and wife Kristi use the fitness room, have participated in the Adult Tennis Leagues, and their two sons (Jack and Beau) have enjoyed participating on the “Sharks” swim team for many seasons. Bobby has recently returned to “beer league” tennis on Thursday nights. In the past, Bobby served as a member of the Bocage House and Grounds committee during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and he was able to provide significant assistance with the insurance settlement and the repair efforts. Bobby would like to step beyond Club maintenance issues and expand his role by becoming a Board Member. Bobby enjoys all of the recently upgraded amenities at Bocage, but feels that there is still room for improvement. As a Bocage “beer league” member and fitness room user, he spends much of his time at our club and will be very available to the membership. Bobby is very approachable and would love to be one of the driving forces behind Bocage remaining THE premier tennis facility in Baton Rouge. Bobby is a Partner with Crump Wilson Architects, and if elected to the Board, he would like to focus on utilizing his skills as an Architect and provide guidance to the Board for any planning efforts considered. Bobby is a proven and experienced leader and his past experiences in leadership and service include the following: *President of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the AIA (American Institute of Architects) *Baton Rouge Representative for the AIA State Chapter *Board member for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate Association) *Board member for Baton Rouge and EBR Parish Design and Planning Selection Board *Implemented the first annual BRAIA/ Habitat for Humanities affordable housing design competition.

Elizabeth Chesteen (2018 - 2020)
I am a thirty year member of Bocage Racquet Club and my family and I have used nearly all aspects of our club at some point. I am an Alexandria, LA native and started playing "sidewalk" tennis at 5 years old with my siblings until the adults allowed the kids on the courts. I played competitive junior tennis and received a scholarship to play tennis at Northwestern State where I played for 3 years until transferring to LSU. I earned a degree in Quantitative Business Analysis (Statistics) in 1984. I have 19 years of health care analytics experience. My husband of 32 years, Chip, served on the board in the nineties as the resident CPA. Our children, Hill (25) and Hudson (21) have taken lessons, and/or competed on the Sharks swim team for years, and patronized the Shark Shack as often as possible.

Stewart Gordon (2018-2019)Stewart is a Baton Rouge native, having attended LSU and LSU Medical School in New Orleans. He completed pediatric training before returning to Baton Rouge where he practiced 18 years at Earl K. Long Medical Center. He is the Chief Medical Officer with Louisiana Healthcare Connections, a Medicaid managed care organization. Stewart serves on the board of the Capital Area United Way and the La. Partnership for Children & Families. He is a new member of the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge. Stewart, his wife, ‘Cricket’ and their 3 children have enjoyed being active members of Bocage for over 10 years.

Madelene Guercio (2019 - 2021)
Madelene is a native of Louisiana graduating from LSU in 1984 with a degree in accounting. She obtained her CPA license in 1986 while working for Peat Marwick in Houston, Texas. Madelene is currently employed as the Controller for a privately owned oil and gas company. Prior to that, she was a manager with Postlethwaite and Netterville. Madelene has lived abroad in both Singapore and Brussels, Belgium where she worked for Hewlett Packard. Madelene is married to Philip Guercio and they have a blended family of seven grown children with spouses along with 5 grandchildren. Madelene was a former Bocage Board member in 2009 and also served as the Treasurer for 2010 and 2011. Madelene and her family have been members of Bocage since 2003 and have enjoyed the club not only for the tennis and wonderful facilities, but mostly for the great friendships.

Stephen Hightower (2019 - 2010)
Stephen has been a member of Bocage for over a decade, and was at one time the Director of Food & Beverage at the Club. He served in the position for almost 7 years. He is currently the Managing Partner of City Group Hospitality, which owns and operates four City Pork restaurants and a pizza establishment called City Slice.
Stephen is married to Dr. Leah Larson, whom he met at Bocage, and they both obviously have a love for tennis and a passion for food. He was honored to work for the club as well as having our rehearsal dinner there and the memories and relationships made at Bocage have been priceless, and he just wants to be able to give back something to the place that has meant so much to his family life and professional career.

Keith Kellum (2018 - 2020)
I attended Ole Miss on a football scholarship (don’t hold that against me), graduating in Business. I am now Semi-retired from a career in Insurance. Vicki and I have been active members for over 25 years and have three children who grew up at Bocage. Our oldest, Keith is a new member. We have played on many League teams over the years. We are members of the Wine Club and enjoy spending time in the restaurant, at the pool and Shark Shack.

Ged Schwing (2019 - 2021)Ged and his wife Bonnie and their three children Mia (9), Tripp (7) and Colette (4) joined Bocage in 2011 and all family members play tennis! Originally from New Iberia, La., Ged and his siblings grew up playing tennis and competing. His parents were avid tennis players, enjoyed the game, and encouraged their children traveling with them to junior tournaments. He has fond memories of staying with host families during the Bocage junior tournaments. "I fell in love with Baton Rouge and Bocage and the relationships I've made through tennis.” Bonnie has played league and Ged has been a player and captain for Louisiana’s Senior Cup Team, competing against other teams from the south. He has also played in the Bocage Harry Barton USTA National Senior tournament.
Ged attended LSU in the mid-80s on a tennis scholarship, played on the 1988 runner-up National Championship team, and earned an economics degree. As a director of the L-club board, giving back to LSU is important to Ged. He and his sister donated a court in 2015 in honor of their parents George and Harriett Schwing.
In 1998 Ged joined Edward Jones as a financial services advisor. The company focuses on face-to-face relationship building with the individual investor. The products are aligned with the client's needs and they help clients set goals. Edward Jones has been named one of the Top 10 best places to work for in Fortune 500 for 10 years in a row.